With regards to German living history/reenactment are there any HJ groups about?
I've never seen any myself, however I mainly move in the English Civil War era circle so I don't see that much in the way of WW2 groups.

HJ wrote:With regards to German living history/reenactment are there any HJ groups about? I've never seen any myself, however I mainly move in the English Civil War era circle so I don't see that much in the way of WW2 groups.

Thanks for the kind words about the site HJ - its good to know that we're getting something right

Not sure how old you are, or if you're set on doing HJ, but if you want to find out more about our group, we have a forum you can join and meet some of our members and ask any questions you might have.

Heer Adler wrote:Thanks for the kind words about the site HJ - its good to know that we're getting something right

Not sure how old you are, or if you're set on doing HJ, but if you want to find out more about our group, we have a forum you can join and meet some of our members and ask any questions you might have.

And thankyou for the invite to you forum, I visited it early this evening, very interesting. I'm not totally set on a HJ impression as I'm 23 although I have a small frame so i could carry it off.
I've been interested in German Army of WW2 for sometime now, but i'm no expert on the subject.
I've been buying field equipment for a little while now, but I'm unsure about the best place to buy a Tunic in terms of quality and price, are there any dealers you would recommend?

HJ wrote:With regards to German living history/reenactment are there any HJ groups about? I've never seen any myself, however I mainly move in the English Civil War era circle so I don't see that much in the way of WW2 groups.

I was a member of Kompanie 1 for a year, I am a member of AFRA. I would strongly advise that you dont contact the SBG in concern to joining their HJ section as no offence, but you are a little too old to be re-enacting HJ even if you do have a small frame.

Sani wrote:I was a member of Kompanie 1 for a year, I am a member of AFRA. I would strongly advise that you dont contact the SBG in concern to joining their HJ section as no offence, but you are a little too old to be re-enacting HJ even if you do have a small frame.

Kompanie 1 as 12th SS HitlerJugend Division is more up your ally.

No offence taken Sani, I think your quite right about possibly doing an HJ impression, but I do find the subject very interesting both historically and from the uniforms point of view.
12th SS certainly sounds right up my street. However the more I read up on the subject the more I have concerns about SS reenactment, but thats just my own personal thought, no offence to anyone reading this.

I think I will play safe and join a Heer group, just got to find the right one.

If so, we were rather impressed! After doing our bit we sat in the crowd to see you fellows do yours. Several of our chaps remarked on how well you did your 'fire & movement' work - in marked contrast to the 'American' & 'British Paras' who were your opponents.
Some lovely kit on show as well.

Sorry Cleggy, it wasn't us at the show - we are however at the Victory Show in Cosby, Leicestershire this weekend alongside quite a few other groups. If last years was anything to go by this one is gonna be fantastic, well worth a visit if you have time.

More from the Victory Show - i've put the 'newsreel' of the battle up from the GD perspective. So to see Germans run from burning haystacks, gun jams, snipers and plenty of PD's bangs, fires and other assorted action go to....

"I hold it to be of great prudence for men to abstain from threats and
insulting words towards any one, for neither the one nor the other in any
way diminishes the strength of the enemy." Niccolo Machiavelli